Clayton Theatricals is partnering with The Clayton Center to offer a two-week performance workshop featuring Off-Broadway and national tour veteran Andrew Wade and voice coach and music director Ann Meigs. Rehearses Monday-Friday, 9 AM-1 PM. This musical theatre conservatory culminates in a performance at 7 PM on Friday, August 5th.
Participants will train to perform group numbers, duets, and solos in an evening of Broadway Through the Ages. They will learn choreography, music, and the art of "acting the song."
Open to ALL levels and abilities!
Ages 13-19 (Rising 8th graders through recent high school grads).
Email [email protected] for more information!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS:
Andrew Wade: Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Andrew has been a professional actor, vocalist, and musician for the past 15+ years, performing around the globe. During his career in Los Angeles and New York, he performed Off-Broadway, with National and International Tours, throughout Europe and regionally across the US, completing 70+ distinct shows along the way. Following the birth of his beautiful daughter, Andrew now teaches acting and directs productions at Clayton High School. However, he was recently seen in Theatre Raleigh's production of Forever Plaid, a company with which he will continue to work closely the rest of this year on both production and performance sides. Notable credits include Off-Broadway: The Office: A Musical Parody (Jim Halpert/Andy Bernard); Tours: The Simon and Garfunkel Story (Art Garfunkle), Rudolph (Santa), Jersey Boys; Regional: West Side Story (BroadwayWorld Best Actor), Little Women (ITL Founders Award Recipient), The Story of My Life, RENT, Ghost, Smoke on the Mountain, and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as well as a plethora of theme park and cruise ship productions.
Ann Meigs: Currently the Choral Director and Performing Arts Club Advisor at Clayton High School, Ann has served as music director at CHS for the past decade working on shows such as Chicago (Triangle Rising Stars Finalist-Best Ensemble), Into the Woods, Guys and Dolls (TRS Finalist-Best Actor and Musical), The Drowsy Chaperone (TRS Finalist-Best Actor and Actress and Best Ensemble), Catch Me If You Can (TRS winner-Best Actor), Once on This Island, Seussical (TRS Finalist-Best Ensemble 2015) The Pajama Game, Honk! (TRSFinalist-Best Musical 2013). She also previously directed several stage productions, including Fools, The Curious Savage, and Pygmalion. In addition to her work at CHS, Ann has served as assistant director and music director for Carolina Youth Theater for over a decade, producing a multitude of quality productions alongside Nikki Dyke.
Ann and her husband, Bob, moved to Clayton in 2003 from Syracuse, NY. While in Syracuse, Ann performed and worked with the Syracuse Civic and Children's Theatre, where she music directed for Little Mermaid, Annie, and Aladdin, and co-directed Alice In Wonderland for the Children's Theatre. Favorite roles include The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sister Berta in The Sound of Music, and her most exciting part to date was playing the role of Peter in Peter Pan.
